012659   Mukherjee B (LIbrary & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Analysing usability and accessibility of India's three popular commercial websites- Rediff, Indiatimes and Sify. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 249-56.

Using various web analyzer tools like Google Trends, Yahoo Site Explorer, Alexa and Smart viper, the present study assesses the usability and accessibility of three popular Indian commercial websites, rediff.com, india times.com and sify.com. It was found that rediff.com is more used among the three. It was also found that for the three websites, queries related to air fare, family guy and live cricket match score were common. Users also visited these websites to know about stock market news, business news, cricket news, etc. The study finds that there are differences between website designers' assumption about popularity of a page and audiences' actual interests. The study concludes that it may be worthwhile to verify audience interest while creating web pages, which ultimately helps to gain business through advertisement.

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012658   Kandpal K N;Rawat S S (NO, National Library of Veterinary Sciences, Indian Veterinary Research In, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, Email: kandpalivir@gmail.com) : Open source software "KOHA" for library management in the National Library of Veterinary Sciences, Indian veterinary research institute (deemed university), Izatnagar (Uttar Pradesh). Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 8-21.

Today many open source softwares are available in the market and there are user groups who provide needed help. The Koha is one of the open source software which has all the feature for library management. It is the MARC-21complinace software and the databases created are to international standards for exchange of information and sharing the data globally. Integrated library management & content management are the specific features of Koha. The National Library of Veterinary Sciences, Indian Veterinary Research Institute with other 11 libraries of National Agricultural Research System (NARS) have moved to implement Koha automation software for library management.

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012657   Kalejaiye O J;Fabunmi A F;Adeoye A J (Journalism Dep, Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication, Lagos State (Ojo) Univ, 21, Olufemi Street, Off Nathan Street, Surulere, 101283 Lagos, Nigeria, Email: kalejayeolugbenga@yahoo.co.uk) : Role of school media centres in technology integration in Nigerian schools: an exploration. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 211-8.

Study examines the role of School Media Centres (SMC) in technology integration in Nigerian schools. The historical research method or what some refer as historical inquiry was adopted for the study. It found that the School Media Centres have an indispensible role to play in this regard. However, several factors were discovered to militate against the realization of the centre's full potentials. These factors include poor implementation of ICT in schools, lack of teachers' confidence and teachers' computer anxiety, lack of teachers' competency due to lack of time for training, lack of access to resources, infrastructural challenges such as erratic power supply, and lack of technical support. If these militating factors are not addressed, the Centres may never be able to contribute meaningfully to technology integration in Nigerian schools. The study, therefore, recommends that a change in government attitude to technology acquisition, integration, and use; formulation of a sound ICT integration policy distinct from the general ICT policy; and improved funding among others are required.

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012656   Jotwani D (NO, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, Email: jotwanid@iitb.ac.in) : Library resources and services in Indian Institute of Technology. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 204-11.

Describes role of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in higher education and research in engineering, sciences and technology in the country. Each IIT has a well resourced Central Library to support their academic and research mission. This paper comprehensively studies the functioning, the resources and the services of these libraries. The level of automation, availability of ICT infrastructure, access to electronic resources and the digital library initiatives taken by these libraries are also discussed. These libraries are an integral part of the IIT System and are highly valued by their users for their services, highly skilled staff, and easy-to-use collections. It is suggested that these libraries need to move to the next level of technological up-gradation includina application of cloud computing to improve their resources and services.

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012655   Jain N C (Publication and Information Div, Indian Council of Medical Research, V.Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, Email: drencejain@gmail.com) : Indian journal corsses impact factor 2.00 for the first time. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 295.

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012654   Gangan P;Gupta B M (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Ranking of Indian medical colleges for their research performance during 1999-2008. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 203-10.

Study aims to to analyze the performance of education and research institutes in India in medical and alliedsciences during 1999-2008, based on their research output, using robust quantitative and qualitative indicators which give amore rational procedure for ranking their research performance. Data is collected from the SCOPUS database and a newcomposite performance indicator, the p-index, is used to measure performance. The overall ranking of top 30 colleges givean indicative, if not nearly comprehensive, assessment of how the medical higher education is performing as generators ofnew knowledge. Ranking on a specialisation basis is also provided.

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012653   Dutt B;Garg K C;Bhatta A (NO, CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development studie, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012, Email: architabhatta@gmail.com) : Quantitative assessment of the articles on environmental issues published in english-lanuage Indian dailies. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 219-26.

Paper examines the coverage of environment-related issues published in 31 prominent English-language Indian newspapers in terms of their quantification and thematic representation. Among all the topics discussed under environment, climate change and global warming got the highest priority with 75% items which constituted more than two third (77%) of the total space occupied by environmental issues. Of these, highest number of items was on adverse impacts of global warming/climate change followed by those on mitigation. Among all the newspapers, The Times of India allocated the maximum space to the issues related to environment.

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012652   Bhat N A (Central Library, Sher-e-Kashmir Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Univ, Kashmir-191 121, Email: bhatnazeerahmad@gmail.com) : Conceptual analysis of Kashmiri music records for informaion storage and retrieval with special reference to radio Kashmir, Srinagar. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 167-75.

Attempt has been made to understand the underlying components of Kashmiri music so as to make a conceptual analysis for designing an information Storage and Retrieval System (IS & RS). The concepts thus analysed can act as a basis for development of an IS&RS for Kashmiri music records and can provide a broad framework for automation of library and its services in the Radio Kashmir, Srinagar. The main algorithmic steps set forth include: analysis of Kashmiri music into its entities; enlisting various attributes related to individual entities; and working out the relationships existing between various entities and between entities & attributes, putting the entities and attributes in an ordered manner to ensure individualisation; devising a data structure for storage purpose; maintain data independence; and finally devise a search mechanism to ensure fast, reliable and accurate retrieval. These steps have been supported with ER models and flow diagrams to understand the requirement clearly.

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012651   Bhat M H (NO, Islamia College of Science & Commerce, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Email: mhanief30@yahoo.co.in) : Students' perception of library fines: the case of Islamia college of science & commerce library. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 219-27.

Explores the students' perception of library fines, borrowing privileges and lending periods in an Indian academic library and seeks to discover the extent to which borrowers are satisfied towards these aspects. The questionnaire method was used to collect data from 290 respondents. The findings of the study reveal that majority of the borrowers are satisfied with the borrowing privileges, lending periods and the fine amounts. The majority of the respondents feel that library fines encourage users to return the borrowed items on time. Most of the students favoured discontinuation of fines, besides consulting them about the amount to be fixed as fine. Majority of students prefer keeping books beyond due date and paying fine later. No significant differences were found between genders and faculties (Science and Commerce & Management)with respect to their perception of library fines. The paper makes recommendations which can help libraries to devise policies regarding library fines.

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012650   Bharathi D G (NO, Central Leather Research Institue, Chennai-600 020, Email: dgbharathi@yahoo.com) : Theoretical and practical application of aggregated citations of cited articles. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 186-94.

Aggregated Citations of Cited Articles (ACCA) is a methodology for evaluation of scientific journals. ACCA is formulated based on a concept of discrete elemental system that is applicable to a number of fields such as physics, chemistry, etc. It considers journal as a discrete element system whose overall performance is measured only through the active articles and their citations. Evaluation of only the cited articles allows the journals to retain their originality in nature and variety in publication of documents, for which they are known, without affecting the ranking of the journal. The paper explains the theory and practical application of ACCA for the evaluation of the journals.

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012649   Bansal S;Singh N (NO, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Ludhiana, Email: soniapta@gmail.com) : Information seeking pattern of students of Veterinary University in digital age: a case study of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 22-7.

Present paper provides an insight into the information seeking pattern of students of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. The paper is based on opinion of students pursuing Master of Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc.) programme in various departments of the university. Data was collected via questionnaire from 100 students on their visit to library. Students' purpose of seeking information, sources of information, use of information resources for gathering information, users' frequency of visit to university library, use of e-journals and users' preference for traditional (print) and e-resources are examined. The problems faced by students in gathering information are also discussed.

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012648   Aswathy S;Gopikuttan A (Library and Documentation Div, Liquid Propulsion Systems centre, Indian Space Research Organisation,, Valiamala P.O., Trivandrum-695 547, Email: agopikuttan@yahoo.co.in) : Productivity pattern of universities in Kerala: a scientometric analysis. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 176-85.

Study analyses the publication pattern of faculty members of three universities in Kerala viz., University of Kerala, Manatma Gandhi University and University of Calicut. Authorship pattern, Degree of Collaboration, the appropriateness of Lotka's Inverse Square Law and year-wise and designation-wise distributions have been studied. The year-wise distribution of publications indicates that there is a growth in the number of publications. It is found that multi-authorship dominates among university teachers and there is no statistically significant difference between the experience and productivity. Designation-wise Degree of Collaboration shows that Professors are having a high Degree of Collaboration which indicates that increase in the age and experience results in more collaborative papers. The Lotka's inverse square law seems to be rejected for the present data set.

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011579   Yuen P K;Ramaiah C K (NO, Wawasan Open Univ, School of Science and Technology, Interim Headquarters: 51-20 Menara BHL, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050, Penang, Malaysia, Email: stevenphan@wou.edu.my) : From the picture press: an online exhibiton of the SPH photographs collection. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 208-21.

From the Picture Press: the SPH Photographs Collection' is an online exhibition based on the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) archive of photographs covering the pre-indepencence period, i.e., 1950-65. It offers a unique opportunity to take a journey back in time, to experience through these black and white images, before Singapore's rapid modernisation and transformation to become one of the Asia's most affluent and technologically sophisticated city-states. The main aim of this paper is to develop and evaluate an online exhibition system and to find out its usefulness to teachers and students. From the user point of view, they would like to have detailed information about the Singapore including its history to the present. It was noticed that online exhibitions' user interfaces depend on the authoring tools that the institutions used. It was also found that internet is a very convenient medium for the teacher and public to deliver heritage and cultural information. School children are definitely excited over the opportunity to visit the online exhibition at home alongwith their parents. The findings show that teachers liked the online exhibition systems which had lot of cultural heritage information and also felt that it is a way to go forward for knowledge transfer in the future for the children.

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011578   Salar H C;Ozcinar H;Colak C;Kitis A C (NO, Pamukkale Univ, Egitim Fakultesi, Bilgisayar ve Ogretim Teknolojileri, Turkey, Email: hursitcs@gmail.com) : Online (virtual) exhibitions application in education. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 176-82.

Online or virtual exhibitions are no more new tools to libraries, museums, art galleries and particularly to education institutions. The National Library of Medicine, United States, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Smithsonian Information, many counties national archives, etc. started exhibiting their information resources through these tools. These education resources provide instructional templates that present and use exhibition materials to engage students' interest in historical and scientific perspectives. Educators are welcome to review and use the module or lesson plans in whole or in part, as appropriate for their students' interests, levels, and academic goals. This paper studied how virtual or online exhibitions could be used for instructional purpose to the graduate students of painting programme at university level. This study found useful for using of virtual museums for teacher education. The teachers had positive approaches in terms of acquiring culture and constructing knowledge regarding painting, art, recognising painters and paintings, producing original art works, interacting between individual, society and artist, providing information sources to their students in teacher proficiency and career.

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011577   Das P K (Library, Documentation & Information Science Div, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata-700 108, Email: prabirdas2003@yahoo.com) : Journal of informetrics: a bibliometric profile. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 243-52.

Paper critically analyses 239 scholarly communications published in the inaugural five volumes of Journal of Informetrics (JOI) to examine growth of literature, types of communications, authorship pattern, collaboration trend, predominant research domains, etc. Subsequent analysis focuses on prolific contributors, degree of collaboration, and time-lag trend. Findings reveal that - publication output doubles over the study period as article publications increase considerably; though single-authored contributions were significant (30 %), majority of contributions were collaborated by two-authors (36 %), while average authorship accounts for 2.28 per communications. Degree of collaboration (DC) was impressive (0.699) but not overwhelming as research collaborations has emanated from 199 higher learning institutions of 32 countries across the globe. Ranking of prolific contributors has shown Prof. Egghe on the top followed by L Bornmann; R Rousseau and L Leydesdoff. Result also shows upward trend of keyword usage with an average of 4.55 per items, of which h-index, citation analysis, bibliometrics, g-index, etc, expectedly predominates. Scholarly nature of source journal has been further ascertained from increasing citations and reference usage trend. Moreover, growing hardness of the field has been attributed to JOI due to the increasing usage of tables and figures. Study also showed that the journal takes an average of about four month time to publish a manuscript.

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011576   Casal J D (NO, Oliba Research Group (Oberta de Catalunya Univ), Oberta de Catalunya U, Avda. Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona, Spain, Email: jdomenechca@uoc.edu) : Turning visitors into users: challenge for virtual exhibition on genetics- 'reading the book of life'. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 168-75.

In this paper, the construction and main goals of a virtual exhibition on genetics has been described. A first attempt based in html and flash formats is described followed by a first evaluation by the users. The current developed version is based on the Joomla 1.5!. The content management system (CMS) includes eight virtual exhibition halls, and interactive resources like news and multimedia. The navigation is improved by the use of metatags and other automated tools of Joomla1.5l. Web 2.0 tools are used to increase participation by the users, as well as Wikipedia and Facebook resources, are being set. The virtual exhibition has received 101,977 visitors from several countries in one year. The paradigm for virtual exhibitions has been discussed and the real exhibition can be seen at http://oliba.uoc.edu/adn.

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011575   Carmo M B;Claudio A P (NO, Faculty of Sciences of the Lisbon Univ, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, Email: bc@di.fc.ul.pt) : 3D virtual exhibitions. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 222-35.

Virtual recreation of a physical three dimensional (3D) exhibition or museum allows a visitor to navigate in this virtual scenario in a way closer to reality. This issue is particularly relevant when the museum building is by itself a piece of art, as it is often the case. In this paper, the use of virtual 3D models in the domain of cultural diffusion is analysed, considering the common aspects of its application either for collections of museum's or for buildings and artifacts deteriorated or destroyed along the time. A wide range of applications are presented to exemplify the different requirements and techniques that can be considered in this domain. Techniques to create 3D models are reviewed as they are the base to generate a virtual environment and special attention is given to applications devoted to the development of 3D virtual museum exhibitions.

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011574   Bonis B;Vosinakis S;Andreou I; Panayioyopoulos T (Informatics Dep, Piraeus Univ, Piraeus, Greece, Email: bonisb@unipi.gr) : Adaptive virtual exhibitions. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 183-98.

Paper presents a generic framework for designing and implementing multiuser virtual exhibitions that adapt visitors' preferences and goals and foster the emergence of communities with common interests. A user-oriented platform for designing and executing virtual exhibitions has been presented in which implicit generation and adjustment of user profile allows exhibition to dynamically adapt content presentation to users' interest and preferences.

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011573   Baskaran C (NO, Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi-630 003, Email: cbklis@gmail.com) : Research productivity of Alagappa university during 1999-2011: a bibliometric study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 236-42.

Study analysed the author productivity, discipline-wise and institution-wise collaboration and ranking of authors in research contribution of Alagappa University during 1999-2011. Relative growth rate (RGR) was found to be fluctuating trend during the study period. The doubling time (DT) was found to be increased and decreased trend in this study. Degree of collaboration and its' mean value is found to be 0.963. The top three institutions with Alagappa University are Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, National Cheng King University, and Anna University.

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011572   Antoniou A;Lepouras G;Vassilakis C (Computer Science and Technology Dep, Peloponnese Univ, Terma Karaiskaki, 22100 Tripolis, Greece, Email: angelant@uop.gr) : Methodology for design of online exhibitions. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 158-67.

Process of designing systems or products largely depends on a number of decisions, like "who do I design for?", "what should my product do?", "what are the user requirements?" etc. The developing teams usually base their decisions on experience and/or heuristics and this is particularly the case, in the development of online products and especially online exhibitions. The different solutions are frequently case studies of specific museums or institutions that wish to provide online content to actual or possible visitors. In addition, the interdisciplinary nature of the endeavor, involving museology, technology but also education, poses important design problems. In the following sections, a generic methodology is presented for the design of online exhibitions, using top-down processes and transferable findings across museum types that wish to assist the designers during the early decision stages. This paper provides an introduction to the field, emphasising its interdisciplinary nature and reviews related work in the area of online exhibition design. It also presents an overview of the methodology, elaborating on the individual methodology steps; in particular, the processes for determining the visitors' perception of the museum (degree of museumness); the museum needs that require to be supported; the educational approach to be adopted; the relevance to life-long learning activities; the approach to adaptivity; and user involvement have been reviewed.

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011571   Alexander J A (NO, SHANTI Sciences, Humanities & Arts, Network of Technological Initiativ, PO Box 400 600, Alderman Library, Rm 323, Virginia Univ) : Wistfully waiting no more: an open source, exhibition building case study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(3), 199-207.

Promise of virtual exhibitions has been attractive to faculty and staff at the University of Virginia (UVa¹) for well over a decade. The use of Virtual Exhibitions is threefold: (i) 'Exhibitions' is a useful metaphor for publishing; (ii) 'Exhibitions' suggests curated collections and mixed media; and (iii) 'Virtual' suggests that this new form of publication is accomplished online. This case explores the current ways faculty and graduate students at UVa are meeting their needs as well as an earlier development effort of the Virtual Exhibition Tool (VET). Development on the VET continued for more than a year as part of UVa's response to the appeal of virtual exhibitions. At UVa, a large part of this need is now met using Omeka VisualEyes and WordPress.Several other solutions are also in use currently at UVa. All these solutions are being recommended by SHANTI (Sciences, Humanities and Arts Network of Technological Initiatives), a faculty-led center at UVa. Omeka is an open source tool for building online exhibitions. At UVa, Omeka is chosen to meet this need for online virtual exhibitions rather than to continue development of the VET. There are at least two other solutions being used for online exhibitions building at UVa that are also briefly analysed here. This paper explores these current solutions in use at UVa and outlines the lessons learned from them and from the earlier development effort on the VET.

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010514   Thirumagal A;Paramasivan G (NO, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli 12, Tamil Nadu, Email: athirumagala@yahoo.co.in) : Print, E-journal and information seeking pattern of users in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 663-8.

Study aims to know the information seeking patterns of post-graduate students at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The study examines the role of the library as one of the essential ancillary services to the functions, activities, and operations of literacy education with specific reference to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University users.

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010513   Tadasad P G;Patil S (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnataka State Women's Univ, Jnana Shakti, Torvi, Bijapur-586 109, Email: pgtadasad@gmail.com) : Information support to economically weaker group of women. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 589-95.

Reviews the literature on Information support to economically weaker women. Notes that woman is a component of the society and still she is least beneficiary in view of her inherited characters and roles. She has diverse information needs. This paper traces the sources of information that woman prefer, community information she requires, efforts made by the state and central governments. Also discusses the role of libraries and ICT in providing information support to women. Recommends that enough information should be provided in the needed areas and adult literacy and economic empowerment programmes should be given serious attention to enhance their access to needed information. The information needs of women farmers in these locations should therefore be tailored along the preferred needs.

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010512   Sunil M V;Harinarayana N S (NO, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Email: sunilmv@sdmimd.ac.in ) : Evaluating OSILS products for Indian college libraries. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 471-90.

Paper presents the requirements of Indian college libraries in ILS products in general and Open Source Integrated Library Systems (OS1LS) in particular. The requirements are analyzed for the housekeeping modules and viability indicators (Technical and Software Service Support requirements) by direct questioning. The performance of the 9 OSILS Products: ABCD, Emilda, Evergreen, Koha, NewGenLib, OPALS, OpenBiblio, PMBILS and PhpMyLibrary is evaluated against the listed requirements.

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010511   Sudhier K G (Library and Information Science Dep, Kerala Univ, Library Building Univ, Thirucvananthapuram-695 034, Email: kgsudhier@gmail.com) : Physics research in the university of Kerala: an informetric study of doctoral theses. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 529-43.

Research in Physics carried out at the Dept. of Physics, University of Kerala, South India during 1999-2003 have been analysed using Informetrics techniques to find out the trends and major areas for further research. The study also analysed the various bibliographic forms of references included in the theses and identified core journals and books cited. It was observed that journals and books are the most preferred bibliographic form of citations used by the physicists, and they are 82.08% and 12.92% respectively. The study indicates that the average number of citations of male scholars is more than that of female scholars but the number of theses of female scholars are more than the male scholars. The results of the study is aimed at appraising the physicists to make them aware of the direction of the ongoing research in physics.

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010510   Shiv Kumar;Vohra R (Library and Information Science Dep, Panjab Univ, Chandigarh-160 014, Email: shiv1977@gmail.com) : Use of online public access catalogue in Guru Nanak Dev university library, Amritsar: a study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 519-28.

Aim of the present study is to investigate the use of Online Public Access Catalogue by the users at Guru Nanak Dev University Library, Amritsar (Punjab). A sample of 112 users was taken from various categories of users covering different disciplines such as Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. A questionnaire was designed and distributed among the users to collect the primary data. The paper focuses on various aspects of OPAC such as awareness, frequency of use, frequently used access points, satisfaction level, etc. The findings revealed that most of the users use the OPAC to locate the documents despite facing some difficulties. However, majority of the users are not satisfied with the OPAC. The study suggests that the users should be made familiar with the use and operation of the OPAC by providing special training.

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010509   Shaini Gopinath A;Nair V G (NO, School of International Relation and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi Univ, Kottayam, Kerala) : Effectiveness of Kerala Agricultural university library and information systems (Kaulis) in meeting the growing demands for information services. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 657-61.

This paper provides an overview of effectiveness of KAUL1S in meeting the growing information and knowledge demands of researchers and academia and various other students and faculties visiting the library. This paper provides insights into the various services of a special library like book collection, reference sources and services, choice of the users and how their persistent demand for information and knowledge is met by KAULIS. Paper offers practical suggestions for meeting the information requirements in the modern age of information explosion through the use of IT and reference service.

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010508   Senthilkumaran P (Spices Board, Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Kailasanadu, PO, Myladumpara, Idukki, Dt, Kerala-685 553, Email: senthilcri@rediffmail.com) : Publication indicators in S&T studies: researchers' limitations. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 491-6.

Scientometric approaches lead to trace the evolution of the discipline over time that marks the changes and cognitive shift within a discipline and topicality. Such assessments are on the way to become standard tools of evaluation and analysis in science policy decisions. This paper investigates the usage of bibliographic databases as tools of scientometric research, identify the problems encountered in using the bibliographic databases as tools of scientometric research, to discuss and describe the nature and extent of problems of the scientometric researchers is using the bibliographic databases and suggest measures to overcome and control the identified problems.

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010507   Saravanan T;Gopalakrishnan S (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Tamil Nadu, Email: sarlib@live.in) : Does internet gear up the users awareness of E-books?-a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 597-616.

Aim of this study is to measure the users' awareness about the Internet and its resources particularly with their experience and e-books. Users' dependency of internet increases day by day as their requirements also raises in various aspects such as preparing lessons, assignments, research etc. Either academic or personal users are in need of modern technology to meet their requirements as present scenario offers the sophisticated opportunity along with the required infrastructure. The present study enables us to realize the modern users' experience levels as well as e-books awareness. Though many features are covered by Internet study includes the Digital Library related aspects only as this research falls under the discipline of US. Keeping this aspect in mind study has been focused on academic users' internet experience and various levels of awareness of e-books. The identified research questions in the present investigation are: does the user's Internet experience differ? Does the user's e-books awareness level differ? Does the user's Internet experience influence them to gain awareness of e-books?.

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010506   Roy S B;Basak M (NO, Maynaguri College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal-735 224, Email: sankub_ray@yahoo.co.in) : Impact of outsourcing on library activities: a bird's eye view. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 617-24.

Due to the impact of modern technology the library environment has changed to a great extent. Consequently, the flow of work has changed and librarians have adopted new and additional duties. In order to face me challenges in this new environment the library authorities have updated the strategic plan and changed the job priority. The information explosion during recent years has become a challenge to the librarians and library and information centers. Simultaneously there has been an ever increase in cost of information products, resources and services. Outsourcing of works is very common issue in today's production and service sectors. Engaging outside agency in the library is not a new subject. This paper attempts to highlight the meaning of outsourcing, its application in library management and activities as well as some pros and cons of this process. It also highlights the initiatives adopted by different kind of libraries in India regarding outsourcing.

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010505   Nishat Fatima;Shajarul Islam Khan;Usha Kumari;Mouzzama Nafees (Library and Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh-202 002) : Use of library services among the users of JMI (Jamia Millia Islamia) and IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Delhi: a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 641-56.

Library is essentially a service institution. The traditional function of library service involves a variety of activities on the part of the library. To achieve its goals and realize its policies, a library undertakes various services.viz. Circulation service. Cataloguing service, Acquisition service, Reference service, Bibliographic service, Information service, Translation service, Inter library loan service, OPAC etc. This survey was conducted to gain a clear picture of the "Use of Library Services among the users of JMI and IIT, Delhi.

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010504   Muthamilarasi R;Thirumagal A (NO, , Manonmanaiam Sundaramar Univ, Email: rmthamilarasi@yahoo.in) : Library usage patterns among the faculty and students of government engineering college at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 551-9.

This paper reports the reading habits of the students and faculty members in Anna University Engineering College at Tirunelveli. This study was conducted with the help of a questionnaire administered to 70 users. Statistical Tools like percentage analysis are used to analysis the data.

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010503   Lohar M;Papanna S (NO, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga-577 203, Karnataka) : Present situation of first grade colleges libraries in Chitradurga and Challakere towns: a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 571-86.

Deals with the present conditions/status of 10 first grade college libraries in Chitradurga and Challakere town. The Investigators designed a set of questionnaires and distributed to the First Grade College/Under Graduate College librarians for collecting the required data for the present study. The analysis of the collected data covers the organization set up of the college libraries, different type sources and services, physical facilities provided by the library authority, status of computerization of different areas and internet facilities to users. Finally concludes that the present statuses of first grade college libraries are not meeting the prescribed norms.

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010502   Lihitkar S R (DLISc, R.T.M. Nagpur Univ, Nagpur, Email: shanwaghmare@yahoo.com) : Maharashtra information centres network (MAHICNET):a prototype design. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 497-517.

Present paper is the outcome of the research work awarded for Ph.D. degree in the Department of Library and Information Science, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur. The proposed network - Maharashtra Information Centers Network (MAHICNET) is the result of survey of fifty Information Centers in Maharashtra which come under CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, Ministry of a Defense(MoD),Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Ministry of Culture(MoC),Ministry of Coal and Mines(MoCM) and other centers. The proposed network MAHICNET is an information network to establish a link to the existing Information Centers in Maharashtra, which will be further linked to Information Systems/Networks in India. A common platform is created for sharing of resources, e-resources, services and solving the common problems economically, speedily and effectively.

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010501   Krishna K M (NO, Rajasthan Agricultural Univ, SKNCOA, Jobner Jaipur) : Relevance of LIS professional networking: study and analysis of orcut social group. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 545-50.

Attempt has been made in this article to study and analyse the importance of social networking, especially for the benefit of Library and Information Science professionals. Orcut has been taken for the case study.

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010500   Kannappanavar B U;Roopashree T N (NO, Sahyadri Arts & Commerce College, B.H Road, Shimoga-577 203, Email: kannappanavar@yahoo.co.in) : Journal of genetics: a bibliometric study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 673-94.

Present study discusses about the information use pattern of Indian Geneticists. The study found that journals are heavily cited as compared to other forms of documents. It is evident from the study that the trend is towards team research. Multi authors lead over single author. United States contributes more number of articles in this subject. Around 48% of the journals cited are from United States. It is observed from the study that more number journals cited are of the period between 1996 and 2000 followed by 2001-2006 and 1990-1995. Therefore it can be deduced that current literature is more important for research in this subject field. It is observed from the study that 'Genetics' is the most heavily cited journal followed by 'Science', both are from United States. The Indian journal, Journal of Genetics is in the 14th place. Literature as old as 174 years have also been cited.

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010499   Kannappanavar B U;Prakash M (NO, Sahyadri Arts and Commerce College, B.H. Road, Vidyanagar, Shimoga-577 203, Email: kannappanavar@gmail.com) : Students attitude towards the resources and services of selected fashion technology institute libraries in Bangalore city: a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(5), 559-70.

Study evaluates the present situation of fashion technology institute libraries in Bangalore city. The study is intended to elicit opinion from the students of fashion technology institutes in Bangalore city regarding the resources and services of their respective libraries. A questionnaire was used to collect required information and data from the students of the institutes under study. The analysis of the collected data covers the use of library resources, services and physical facilities available in the libraries. Concludes that the students' utilization of the fashion technology institute library resources was observed to be functional since they use the library to accomplish their study goals.

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010498   Gayathri Devi S;Navalgund C U (NO, National Law School of India Univ, Bangalore, Email: Gayathri@nls.ac.in) : Open Journal System: a case study at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 669-72.

Discusses the importance of open access journal especially in the field of law. Describes the role of NLSIU in promoting open source movement.

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010497   Chattopadhyay T (Economics Library Dep, Calcutta Univ, 56A, B.T. Road, Kolkata-700 050, Email: tridiblis@yahoo.co.in) : Local history collection: an important source of information. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 695-702.

This paper discusses the importance of local history collection for socio-economic development. Local history collection, subject relevancy of local history collection, various types of documents on local history, local information sources etc. are discussed.

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010496   Ally Sornam S;Issac Arputharaj J;Mahalakshmi K (PG. DLIS, Heber College, Trichy) : Ergonomics and library professionals: a study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(6), 625-40.

Workplace stress has always been a source of consideration for organization that seeks to foster satisfied and motivated environment. Ergonomics, the science related to man and his work helps to design workstations and tools. The present study has made an attempt to identify the impact of ergonomics on academic library professionals. It has revealed that academic library professionals' perception on ergonomics is low. But they have shown problems associated with ergonomics with regard to IT tools, working posture, etc.

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009515   Zala L N;Patel R (NO, Mudra Institute of Communicatons, Ahmedabad (MICA), Shela Village, Ahmedabad-380 058, Email: zala@mica.ac.in) : Outsourcing of services and functions of academic libraries in Ahmedabad: a research study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 375-80.

Outsourcing is considered a management tool to improve efficiency, reduce cost, increase quality and concentrate organisations' core activities or functions. Most of industries/sectors have applied this concept by giving out their some functions or services to outsourcing agencies. As libraries are considered service agencies, they have also accepted this concept to provide the best services to their users. Authors have selected 81 academic libraries in Ahmedabad city and tried to find out types of services or functions which are outsourced by targeted libraries. This research article also focuses on advantages, disadvantages, reasons, and opinions of librarians behind the outsourcing.

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009514   Verma N;Gupta P M (Library & Information Science Dep, M.L.B. Govt. College of Excellence, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh-474 009) : Use of electronic resources by facult members of Glaitm library, Mathura: a case study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 451-9.

This paper explains about the use of e-resources by the faculty members of GLA Institute of Technology and Management, Mathura. It also describes the various aspects like awareness of the users, use pattern of e-resources, user satisfaction level and problems encountered while accessing e-resources. Possible solutions have also been suggested for the effective utilization of e-resources.

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009513   Thirumagal A (NO, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu-627 012, Email: librarian@msuniv.ac.in) : Bibliometric study of nanotechnology in India: an analysis. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 577-87.

This paper deals with the bibliometric study of publication on Nanotechnology in India in the Web of Science database. The analysis period is from the year 2001 to September 2011. This paper finds out the individual author's contribution, geographical distribution, year-wise research in nanotechnology in India. Citation of articles, ranking of Journals, h-index, g-index and gh-index. Histcite and Bibexcel tools are used for data analysis. Consequences of such studies are useful for research administrators, policy architects and endowment agencies.

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009512   Sridhar M S (NO, , 1103, 'Mirle House', 19th B Main, J P Nagar 2nd Phase, Bangalore-560 078, Email: mirlesridhar@gmail.com) : Waiting lines affect customer satisfaction in service delivery. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 341-2.

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009511   Sohail M;Pandye A;Uadhyay A K (DLIS, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Uttar Pradesh) : Use of library resources in university libraries by the students: a survey with a special reference the university of Kalyani. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 122-8.

Study is based on Information-Seeking behaviour of the Students at University of Kalyani. The primary data was collected through a questionnaire of 60 students of University of Kalyan. This study reveals thai guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help students to meet their information requirements. Found that journals, textbooks and lecture notes are the most popular sources of information for the students course work. Recommends that latest edition of text books and reference materials should be added to the library collection. Suggests that the CD-ROM databases of journals archives and reference books be added and users should also be guided to use the resources of the library.

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009510   Sinha Thakur R;Jana P K (NO, M.N. Dastur & Co. Ltd., P-17 Mission Row, Pin-712 245) : Quality management systems in special libraries of Kolkata city: a survey. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(1), 34-46.

Presents the results of a survey which was carried out in 116 special libraries of Kolkata out of the 147 special libraries available of Kolkata city. The study examines the present status of quality management system in special library sector of Kolkata city, how they are managing the quality of services and achieving customer satisfaction, and measuring the effectiveness of services provided by them. The study followed the ISO 9001 standard Quality management systems requirements, and also identified parameters applicable for libraries. The study also assesses the present, level of quality, and based on the findings of the study useful recommendations are made which will help libraries in developing them as per ISO 9001 quality management system standard.

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009509   Singh S P;Nath K A (Library and Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi) : Role of LIS professionals in knowledge management: a study in Indian corporate sector. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 67-73.

This a research based article aims to find what practices of knowledge management are being adopted in the libraries of selected software companies in India. Further it aims at having an insight of the role, the LIS professionals are playing with regard to knowledge management in these companies because such organizations are certainly playing an important role for economic and social development of the country. Survey approach has been adopted as a method of research for the study. Questionnaire and interview techniques are used for collecting the quantitative and qualitative data from corporate managers. The article discovers that knowledge management is a key concern in corporate organizations. All the four companies covered under study have a well-defined focus to filter, maintain and retain their tacit knowledge. Surprisingly, LIS professionals are not directly involved in any of the critical function of the knowledge management practices, they are regarded as part of the support staff, working in the background. This article will be valuable for LIS professionals to understand that they need to redefine their role to be competent to survive in this IT dominated, collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.

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009508   Sharma B;Gupta S (PG History Dep, Jammu Univ, Jammu and Kashmir) : Information seeking behaviour of faculty members at Sher-e-Kashmir university of agriculture science and technology, Jammu, India in internet era: a survey. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(1), 23-33.

With the advancement in the information and communication technologies, the universities are also exploring various aspects to enhance the use of these technologies. In the present article, an attempt has been made to explore the information seeking behaviour of the faculty members at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Jammu. There are two faculties (Agriculture sciences and Veterinary sciences) in this university. Data was collected by using a questionnaire from 83 faculty members in both the faculties. Findings reveal that BSNL is the major internet service provider with mostly dial-up connection. Internet is used a/most on daily basis by most of the faculty members. The problem which is faced by them most of the times is slow speed of internet access. Network based services are used by a very small number of faculty members. Use of search engines and web addresses are the frequently preferred methods of internet browsing. Internet explorer is the most often used web browser. Google and Yahoo are the most often used search engines by both the faculties. Majority of the faculty members from both the faculties prefer to search for their information by subject. A negative correlation was obtained between Gender and Amount of Time Spent. A relationship in the form of Multiple Regression showed that there is a significant difference between the gender and the amount of time spent on internet. Age has also a significant impact on the amount of Time Spent on internet. After performing t-test, it was found that there is a significant difference in the time spent by both the universities on the, internet.

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009507   Senthilkumaran;Murugananthan P (NO, Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board, Myladumpara, Kailasanadu-685 553, Email: senthilicri@rediffmail.com) : Marketing approaches for library and information products and services. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 394-404.

This paper deals with the marketing approach of library and information services. Libraries have been considered essential to educational and research endeavors and have relied on instituitional financial support for their continuing operations. The 6Ps of marketing mix is place, product, price, process, promotion and person (Staff) have been discussed. This paper also focused on marketing strategies for special libraries. Practical solutions are provided on how to implement a marketing strategy in library and information centre. Marketing is necessary to introduce a new function, a new concept and new services and products.

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009506   Sarasvathy P;Nambratha G R;Giddaiah D (NO, Library Univ, Mysore Univ, Mysore) : Changing roles of the librarians in the virtual/digital era. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 495-500.

Article tide deliberates on the changing role of the librarians in the virtual/digital era. Electronic information creates challenges for the library community at its very foundation, moving it away from the traditional paper-and-print format to an ethereal world of circuits and connectivity. Now the concept of the library doesn't remain as a building or a physical repository that houses information. It has reached beyond the four walls of buildings. Librarians have a long history of adopting technology to enhance services. Librarians have changed themself from using early typewriters to the present internet. Authors are entering the virtual library phase and librarians have to use the changing technology to provide the best access and service to their patrons. Librarians are professionals trained in the acquisition, organization, retrieval, and dissemination of information. In essence, the practice of librarianship in the virtual library environment will not be very different from that in the traditional print-based library. Virtual library is not the ultimate answer to everyone's information needs. It is merely another step in a dynamic and evolutionary process. The traditional print library and its services will not disappear. Librarians must accept and adapt to the new techniques and systems. They must recognize the enormous potential of the virtual library, address the issues involved in its creation, and take a leadership role in integrating these new systems and services into libraries, for their own good and for the good of users.

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